Detection and versioning of operating systems, compilers, architecture and other element are traditionally done using preprocessor macros. Library like Boost.Predef provides a sanitized interface on top of those but still live in a world where the preprocessor is king.
SPY is a C++17 (and onward) library that gathers similar informations and provides a constexpr
compatible interface to access those information, thus making their exploitation within constexpr
context possible.
The complete documentation can be found here.
This library is licensed under the MIT License as specified in the LICENSE.md file. If you use SPY in your project or product, feel free to send us an email so we can advertise it here.
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